Railroad-tie



LEONARD L. BROWN, OF CLIFTON FORGE, i ROBERT E. ROBINSON AND ON E-FOURT FORGE, VIRGINIA.

VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO H TO GEORGE I. GRASTY, BOTH 0F CLIFTON RAILROAD-TIE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1921.

Application tiled March 8,1921. Serial No. 450,760.

To all lwhom t may concern Be it known thatI, LEONARD L. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clifton Forge, inthe county of Alleghany and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad- Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ties for railwlayS and is an improvement over my Patent O. 1351466 and has for its special object to provide a metal tie` having mounted thereon wood blocks for supporting the rails of a railway.

Another object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway tie having means whereby rails may be spiked thereto.

Another object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway tie having reversible wood blocks carried` thereby for supporting the rails of a track.

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the tie illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a' plan view of a section of a railway track embracing my improved tie,

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the track taken between two ties,

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4, Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged bottom plan view of one end of a tie, the other part being broken away.

Like Areference characters indicate like parts throughout the following specifications and in the several views in the drawings, in which 1 indicates a metallic tie having a longitudinal central cut out 2 to lighten the tie and receive ballast 3, whereby said tie is held stationary. Each end of the tie is provided with transverse recesses 4 and 5, within which the rails 6 and 7 of the track 8 seat, said recesses being considerably wider than the base flanges 9 and 10 of said rails 6 and 7. The recessed portions 4 and 5 have openings 11 and 12 extending vertically through the tie to receive wooden blocks 13 and 14 which are of such a depth as to extend considerably above the surfaces 15 and 16 of said recessed portions 4 and 5, said blocks extending lonlgitudinally across said recesses and being he d in positlon b means of a slidable plate 17, dovetailed mto the ends 18 and 19 of said tie, said plates each being provided with a right angular down wardly extending. flange 20 and 21 respectively, which flanges are provided at the lnner ends 22 of said plate 17 and project below the bottom surface 23 of the tie. These flanges have fthe double function of providing means whereby said plates 17 may be drlven out of engagement with the tie so as to reverse the blocks 13 and 14 when these become worn, or renew them altogether when necessary, a further purpose of said flanges bemg to provide means for gripping the ballast upon which the tie seats in order to help prevent movement of said tie. Openings 24 of any suitable size are provided through said plates 17 to receive ballast and elp sustain the tie in fixed position. The rails 6 and 7 are secured to said blocks 13 and 14 by means of spikes 25, said recesses 4 and 5 eing sufficiently wide in order tO prevent contact of said spikes with any ortlon of the metallic tie; said spikes also old the rails centered on the blocks 13 and 14 to prevent Contact of said rails with said tie, in order that no interference with the electric conductors through short-circuiting will be possible. The upper surface of the tie adjacent its ends is provided with recesses 26, the purpose of which is to receive lugs on retrackers whereby the latter may be held to the tie in retracking a derailed car. Each end of the tie is provided with cores 27 in order to lighten the tie and save metal in its construction.

Having now described my invention, that which I claim to be new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A metallic railway tie having recesses adjacent its ends, ockets formed under said recesses, slidable c osures under said pockets, and blocks mounted in said recesses to receive rails.

2. A metallic railway tie having recesses adjacent its ends, pockets formed under said recesses, slidable closures under said pockets, and blocks mounted in said recesses to receive rails, said blocks being reversible.

3. A metallic railway tie having recesses adjacent its ends, said ends being provided with o enin extending vertically therethrong an blocks mounted in said recesses to receive rails, said blocks being reversible, and slidable supports for said blocks.

4. A metallic railway tie having recesses adjacent its ends, said ends being provided with openings extending vertically therethrough, and blocks mounted in said recesses to receive rails, said blocks being reversible, and" vslidablev supports for said' blocks, said supports having inner flanged ends.

5. A metallic railway tie having recesses adjacent its ends, said ends being provided with openings extending vertically there-A cesses, pockets wider than said recesses, formed thereunder and blocks seated in said pockets and projecting above the surface of said recesses and means whereby said blocks may be reversed.

7. A metallic tie having transverse recesses, pockets wider than said recesses, formed thereunder and blocks seated in said pockets and projecting above the surface of said recesses and means whereby suid blocks may be reversed, said` means consisting of slidable bottoms for said pockets.

Intestimony whereof l aflix my signature in thev presence of two witnesses.

LEONARD L. BROWN.

Witnesses:

Guo. I. GRASTY, A. G. Cunsrocn. 

